Ice hoisting apparatus



3 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 25, 1944. c. A. JOHNSON ICE HOISTING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 27, 1945 I. I I g &

July 25, 1944. c. A. JOHNSON ICE HOISTING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 27, 1943. 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 July 25, 1944. c. A. JOHNSON ICE HOIS'IING APPARATUS Filed Sept, 27-, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIII I Patented July 25. 1944 UNITED I E HOISTING PPAR US Y Carl A. Johnson, Fort Worth, Tex. Application September 27, 1943, Serial No. 503,982

My invention relates to portable ice rhoisting apparatus and it has for it principal object the. provision of simple and ruggedice hoisting apparatus which is capable of being easily mounted upon an automobile truck for use in connection with the icing of railroad refrigerator cars. A primary feature of the invention consists in providing a portable ice hoisting apparatus with a plurality of tubular members which are slidably mounted on upright members rigid with an automobile truck and on which the ice elevating device is slidably mounted whereby after the elevatin device ha been raised to the height of the tubular members they are caused to move upwardly with the elevating device.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing the ice hoisting apparatus with a boom which is pivotally mounted on the automobile truck and serves as a support for power operated flexible means for raising-the ice elevating device, a pair of telescoping members being pivotally mounted on each sideof the truck for supportingthe boom in a substantially vertical positionadjacent the ice elevating device.

Other and more specific features of the in-' hers I is an upright rod or the like lfl'on which is slidably mounted a tubular memberlor sleeve H.,. The elevator 5. which likelthe guiding unitt.

may be principally formed of sections of pipe may. be mounted on this base'of-the elevator; to.

1 provide a floor on which theice or' other .material to be hoisted may rest. ;Connected to the corners of 'the base of the elevator is gafframe,

vention, residing in advantageous'forms, combi-" nations and relations of parts, will hereinafter appear and be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

' Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the ice" hoisting apparatus.

Figure2 i an end view of the apparatus asviewed from the left hand side of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a'vertical transverse sectional view of the apparatus with the elevatorin raised position.

-Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the apparatus'taken on'line 44 of Figure 3.

Y Referring more particularly to the drawings} the ice hoisting apparatus generally designated- .by the reference numeral I is illustrated as mounted upon the frame'Z of an automobile truck, the body 3 of which as well as the transverse supporting members 4 are shown in dot and dash lines.

erably connected intermediate their endsby a plurality of members 9 which' extend longitudinally of the truck. Rigid; with and extending upwardly from'each end of the transverse memor the like M which aifords convenient-means to Whichmechanism for raising the elevatori may be advantageously attached. This liftingrorraising frame of the elevator preferably consistsof upright members l5 which are joined together at their upper ends by diagonally extending members 16 whichare advantageously com: nected, as by welding, toreach' other at their pointof intersection. 1" e Secured to each of the upright members. I5;

of the lifting frame Id of the elevator is apl'ural-f of the tubular members'iwhereupon continued upward movement of the elevator causes the tubular members to move upwardly with respect I to the upright/rods l0. Itwill thus be seen that means i provided for guiding the-elevator t'oa height consider-ably abovethe position normally occupied by the guiding members-V Pivoted't'o-each side of'zthe elevatonas bycol- 'lars or rings 19 encircling the longitudinal membody as'shovvn in liijgure' zfbutassoonjas the elevator is r'aised to s, point, a p liff the sides of the truck body the extensions are free to be moved outwardly.

A boom 2| is pivotally mounted on the truck frame for supporting power operated flexible means 22 for raising the elevator. The boom comprises two upright members 23 which are provided at their lower ends with sleeves or collars 24 which rotatably encircle a transverse shaft 25 secured to the frame of the automobile truck in any suitable manner such as by U bolts 26. The upper portionsofthe upright members 23 converge inwardly and are rigidly connected by two transverse members 21 and 28.

Projecting forwardly from the upper ends of the upright members 23 are a pair of arms 29 which afford a support for a shaft 30 on which a pulley 3i for supporting the flexible means 22 is mounted. Arms 29 maybe conveniently braced by downwardly extending inclined mempossible to provide a boom of a height sufiicient to enable the elevator to be raised high enough 7 that icemay be transferred therefrom to the top of a railroad refrigerator car and yet the boom iscapable of occupying such a position when the truck is in. transit that it will not extend above the clearance limits of bridges passing over highways. 1 l

One of the telescoping sections of each of the struts 33 is pivotally connected to a bracket 34 rigid with the upright members 23 of the boom while the other of the telescoping sections is pivotally connected to a shaft 35 which extends transversely of the frame of the automobile truck and may be advantageously secured thereto by U bolts 36.

The boom may be supported in its inclined position by the member 21' thereof resting uponlike (not shown) may be secured to the outer face of: theside walls for supporting the boom in the desired inclined position.

One end of the flexible means 22- for raising the elevator is preferably wound around a drum or the like 31 mounted upon a jack shaft 38 which is adapted to be driven through the usual. means (not shown) by the engine of the automobile truck., .The otherend of the flexible means is preferably provided with a hook 39, or other means, enabling it 'to be detachably connected to an eye or the like 40 rigid with the lifting frame of the elevator at the point of intersection of the-diagonal members [6. -Whenuconnected to the elevator and the boom is in its upright posi boom, such, for example, as-the U-shaped bracket,

4| on the transverse member 21 of the boom. The flexible means is shown connected to the boom in the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 1 and it will be obvious that when thus connected rotation of the jack shaft 38 in the proper direction will cause the boom to move upwardly into the upright position shown in full lines in Figure 1. When operated to move the boom, the flexible means is supported in a, position in which it will not foul the elevator by a pulley 42 mounted on the upper end of a standard or post 43.

From the foregoing, it will be perceived that I have devised simple and reliable means whereby ice maybe elevated from an automobile truck to embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings may be made without departing from the spirit and scope. of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What. I claim is:

1. A portable ice. hoisting apparatus for an automobile truck, said apparatuscomprising a vertically movable elevator, at pivotally mounted boom adapted to occupy a substantially vertical position adjacent said elevator when the elevator is in use, said boom being movablerearwardlyto a lower inclined position when the elevator isnot in use and having a forwardly extending portion which is disposed above the elevator when the boom is in its vertical position, and power operated flexible means supportedby the said portion of the-boom,v one end of said flexible means.

being adapted to be connectedto said elevator when the boom is in its vertical position so that the elevator may be raised and being also adapted to be connected tosaid boom when the latter is in its inclined position whereby the boom. may be raised to said vertical position.

2. A portable ice hoisting apparatus for an automobile truck, said apparatuscomprisin a Vertically movable elevatontubular members affording'guides for said elevator, means rigid with the automobile truck having upright portions on which said tubular members are telescopically mounted, a boom pivotally mounted on the automobile tru ck adapted to occupy a substantially vertical position adjacent said elevator when the latter is in use and being movable rearwardly to a lower inclined position when the elevator -'is not in use, and power operatedflexible means supported by said boom, one end. of said flexible means being adapted to be selectively connected to said elevator or to said boom whereby when the boom. is in its vertical position the flexible means may be operated to raise the elevator and when the boom is-in its lower inclined position the flexible means may be operated to raise the boom to its vertical: position. a

3. -A portabl ice hoisting-apparatus for an au-. tomcbile truck, said apparatus comprising a vertically movable elevator, a pivotally mounted boom adapted to occupy .a substantially vertical position adjacent said elevator when-the elevator is in use, saidwboornj being movable rearwardly to a lower inclined position when the elevator is not in use and having a forwardly extending portion disposed above said elevator when the boom is in its vertical position, a pulley mounted; on said forwardly extending port-ion, and, power operated, flexible .means 'passingwaround'said pulley; one end; of saidflexible means; being adapted to beselectively connectedto/said elevator or tosaid raise the elevator and when the boom is in its lower inclined position the flexible means may be operated. to raise th boom to its vertical position.

4. A portable ice hoisting apparatus for an automobiletruck, said apparatus comprising a vertically movable elevator, a pivotally mounted boom adapted to occupy a substantially vertical position adjacent said elevator when the latter is in use, said boom beingmovable rearwardly to a lower inclined position when the elevator is not in use, a strut for supporting the boom in said vertical position, said strut involving telescoping sections respectively pivoted to the automobile truck and to the boom, and power operated flexible means supported by said boom, one end of said flexible means being adapted to be selectively connected to said elevator or to said boom l tically movable elevator, a plurality of upright members rigid with thetruck, tubular members slidably mounted on said upright members, means rigid with the elevator and slidably cooperable with said tubular members for guiding the elevator during the first part of its upward movement, said means being also adapted during a later part of the upward movement to cause the tubular members to move upwardly with said elevator and with respect to said upright members for guiding the elevator, a boom pivotally mounted on the automobile truck, and power operated flexible means supported by said boom for raising said elevator.

6. A portable ice hoisting apparatus for an automobile truck, said apparatus comprising a vertically movable elevator provided with a platform on which ice is adapted to be loaded, a boom pivotally mounted on the automobile truck, power operated flexible means supported by said boom for raising said elevator, and means movable with and pivoted to said elevator adapted to form lateral extensions of said platform over which ice may be slid from the platform after the elevator has been raised, said extensions being disposed in substantially vertical positions when the elevator is in its lowest position.

CARL A. JOHNSON. 

